Capoeira is a Brazilian Martial Art,  where several elements of music, dance and fight are combined.
It was created by enslaved Africans in Brazil in the 1500s and evolved as a means of expression of the yearning for freedom and simultaneously as a form of entertainment.
It is a comprehensive form of physical conditioning and is a integrated balance of mind, strength, rhythm, poetry, agility, and harmony.
As a cultural extension of the Brazilian life style, Capoeira has spread around the world, being part of the activities of many education centres, institutes of art, schools and Universities.

for more informations:

Ministry of Culture, Brazil

wikipedia capoeira

Capoeira Nova Alianca, Lisboa

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